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Nominations are due November 20. Please use the web form for nominations, and include a short (really short is OK) description of why you are making the nomination, and a link to a web site with the Artist's information.
http://www.siggraph.org/gen-info/contact.php?default=Arts%20Award%20Chair==========================================================
The Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art
Description:
The Distinguished Artist Award is awarded annually to an artist who has created a substantial and important body of work that significantly advances aesthetic content in the field of digital art.
Nominations:
Nominations are due by December 20, 2010, sent to Cynthia Beth Rubin, the Awards chair, and should include:
(use form here http://www.siggraph.org/gen-info/contact.php?default=Arts%20Award%20Chair)
• Name(s) of the individual(s) being nominated (address and/or phone number and/or email address are also appreciated).
• References to websites with the artist's works and texts when applicable (multiple references are welcome).
• Nominator's name, address, telephone number, fax number, and email address.
A statement by the nominator describing the significance of the artist's contributions according to the following criteria:
(not all criteria have to be met)
• The Artist has been contributing internationally to the digital arts for more than Twenty (20) years.
• The Artist has produced important work(s) that is(are) referenced in digital art history/theory papers/books.
• The Artist has established an unexplored area in the field of digital art/media art.
• The Artist has been advancing the use of digital technologies in creative _expression_.
• The Artist has contributed to the history and/or theory and/or practice of digital art through writing and presentations at conferences and symposia.